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Autoethnographic Challenges: Confronting Self, Field and Home
Author(s) -
Voloder Lejla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the australian journal of anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1757-6547
pISSN - 1035-8811
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - autoethnography , insider , bosnian , experiential learning , sociology , field (mathematics) , resource (disambiguation) , process (computing) , self , public relations , media studies , gender studies , psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , computer science , law , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , operating system
Anthropologists working at ‘home’ or in realms of the familiar often share a considerable sense of connection with participants. In these contexts, the researcher's potential position as an ‘insider’ offers particular opportunities for utilising self as a key resource. Through my own fieldwork at ‘home’ in Melbourne as an ‘insider’ among Bosnian migrants, I was confronted with the challenge of using my self to understand others' experiences. In this paper I discuss the autoethnographic process and consider how its application enabled me to consciously understand my own experiences and utilise my experiential self to inform my study.